When I was very young I remember visiting my Grandmother, who we called Nanna. Often Nanna would babysit me in her apartment. She had a red round tin about 12" tall and 8" in diameter. On the top of the lid sat a round clear crystal knob filled with large chunks of salt. I'm guessing now that the salt's purpose was to keep the items contained in the can fresh. Nanna always kept crackers in her red tin. I remember her handing me the tin to play with and struggling to pull off the lid to get my snack. When banging the tin with a spoon it would make a ringing sound that annoyed Nanna. It wasn't long until the spoon disappeared from my play area and I was back to tugging at the lid for my snack. It's a pleasant memory and for year's I searched antique shops for the pre 1950's cracker tin. Never found it. Now that I'm a grandmother my tin is not tin but plastic and I fill it with cookies rather than crackers. But if I ever find that red cracker tin, my granddaughter Lily will have the opportunity to share my experience of tugging at the lid of a red cracker tin with a crystal knob and playing a tune by banging with a spoon.

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